Sentence examples for reports were sketchy from inspiring English sources

Early reports were sketchy.

SWIFT COLLAPSE -- Initial reports were sketchy, but a senior Bush administration official said late last night that Taliban forces were deserting Kabul.

Could Be " (March 20): The article on large snowflakes described reports of "big ones the size of saucers," with "their heaviness making them descend faster than small flakes," and said those reports were sketchy and fleeting.

The reports are sketchy at best, covering small pockets of North Korea society.

News reports are sketchy, but as of May 1 the pipeline was still out of commission.

Other reports are sketchy, but he may have been with a friend the night he disappeared, and they were ambushed by security forces as they left the square.

American intelligence officials have said that, while the reporting is sketchy, there is no evidence that either the Taliban or Al Qaeda have obtained nuclear weapons.

Reports from Washington were sketchy, and Air Force Two did not have secure voice communication.

Initial reports from Hsiao-lin were sketchy.

There were sketchy reports early today that Iraqi helicopters had entered the restricted zones, but American officials later said they had not spotted any violations by Iraqi aircraft, despite intensifying oratory from President Saddam Hussein's Government.

Details of the latest bloodshed, limited to conflicting reports from the state media, were sketchy and could not be independently confirmed.